Irrawaddy Bridge
| Irrawaddy Bridge Ayeyarwady Bridge Yadanabon Bridge |
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Yadanabon Bridge
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| Carries | Four lane motorway with two pedestrian lanse |
| Crosses | Irrawaddy River |
| Locale | Mandalay Division, Burma |
| Official name | Irrawaddy Bridge |
| Other name(s) | Yadanabon Bridge |
| Maintained by | Public Works Department |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Fixed arch bridge |
| Total length | 5,614 feet (1,711 m) |
| Width | 49 feet (15 m) two pedestrian lanes of 6 feet (2 m) each |
| Longest span | 735 feet (224 m)(x3) |
| History | |
| Opened | 11 April 2008 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 2,700 |
The Irrawaddy Bridge (also Ayeyarwady Bridge, Yadanabon Bridge, Yadanar Pone Bridge or New Ava Bridge) is a bridge in Sagaing, Mandalay Division, Burma. It crosses the Irrawaddy River, to the southwest of Mandalay and Amarapura and just to the north of the old Ava Bridge, and is also known as the New Ava Bridge. It was completed in 2008.
The Yadanabon Bridge spans the Irrawaddy River (Ayeyarwady River) in the Mandalay suburb connects with Sagaing City. It is 2,000 feet (610 m) upstream of the Ava Bridge. which is at the confluence of the Irrawaddy with the Myitnge River, close to the Kyaukse rice fields. The bridge (also known as Ayeyawady Bridge or Sagaing Bridge) is the gateway to Yangon, Mandalay and interior other regions. Nearby on the river banks are two 12th century payas known as Shwe-kyet-yet and Shwe-kyet-kya.
The old Ava (or Inva or Inwa Bridge) across the Ayeyarwady River had a span of 3,948 feet (1,203 m). Built by the British in 1934, until the 1990s, it was the only bridge which spanned this river. The Ava had aged, and its carrying capacity became limited to under 15-ton capacity trucks since 1992. Heavily laden vehicles crossed the river with Z-craft ferries, resulting in less efficient transportation of goods.
To ease the traffic congestion and to help improve the overall economic conditions of Burma, a new bridge was planned by the government. International tender was invited in early 2002 for ts construction. The tender for the highway bridge envisaged planning, design and construction. The bidding process lasted eight months, and the work was awarded to China CAMC Engineering Cc., Ltd. in October 2002. The contract was signed in Rangoon for a tendered amount of US$10.90 million on 19 November 2002. (By 2004, 35 bridges were under construction in Burma, along with the Ayeyawady of Yadanabon.) The new bridge was opened on 11 April 2008.
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